Kapper 2

Kapper 2 is a topographically complex site consisting of isolated oxbows from the Main Stem of the Boquet and the adjacent floodplains. The deeper oxbows contain open water surrounded by cattails; a shallower oxbow is a Phragmites marsh. The floodplains are closed woodlands with a sparse shrub layer and well developed herbaceous layer dominated by ferns. There are numerous transitional areas between these two areas.

Species found at this site include:

Scientific Name

Common Name

Acer rubrum  L.  var rubrum

red maple

Acer saccharinum L.

silver maple

Acer saccharum Marsh. var saccharum

sugar maple

Ageratina altissima (L.) King & H.E. Robins. var altissima

white snakeroot

Alisma triviale Pursh

northern water plantain

Alnus incana ssp rugosa (DuRoi) Clausen

speckled alder

Alnus serrulata (Ait.) Willd.

smooth alder

Amphicarpaea bracteata (L.) Fern.   

hog peanut

Anemone quinquefolia L. var quinquefolia  

wood anemone

Apios americana Medik.

groundnut

Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Schott ssp triphyllum   

jack in the pulpit

Asclepias incarnata  L.  ssp incarnata

swamp milkweed

Asclepias syriaca L.

common milkweed

Athyrium filix-femina ssp angustum (Willdenow) G.Lawson

northern lady fern

Betula papyrifera var papyifera Marsh 

paper birch

Brasenia schreberi J.F. Gmel.

water shield

Caltha palustris var palustris L.

marsh marigold

Carex comosa Boott

longhair sedge

Carex crinita Lam. var crinita

fringed sedge

Carex lupulina  Muhl. ex Willd.

hop sedge

Carex retrorsa  Schwein

knot sedge

Carex scoparia  Schkuhr ex Willd.  var scoparia

brown broom sedge

Carex stipata Muhl. ex Willd. var stipata

awl fruited sedge

Carex stricta Lam.

tussock sedge

Carex vulpinoidea  Michx.  var vulpinoidea

fox sedge

Carpinus caroliniana ssp virginiana (Marsh.) Furlow

american hornbeam, musclewood

Carya glabra  (P. Mill.) Sweet   

pignut hickory

Clematis virginiana L.

virgin's bower

Cornus obliqua  Raf.

silky dogwood

Dichantelium clandestinum  (L.) Gould

deertongue

Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & Gray

wild cucumber

Elodea canadensis Michx.

canadian water weed

Eragrostis frankii  C.A. Mey. ex Steud.

sandbar lovegrass

Eupatorium maculatum L. var maculatum

spotted joe-pye weed

Eupatorium perfoliatum L. var perfoliatum  

boneset

Fraxinus nigra Marsh.

black ash

Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh.

green ash

Galium asperellum Michx.

rough bedstraw

Galium palustre  L.

marsh bedstraw

Geum aleppium Jacq.

yellow avens

Helianthus decapetalus L.

forest sunflower

Impatiens capensis Meerb.

jewelweed

Iris pseudacorus L.

yellow flag

Iris versicolor L.

blue flag

Juglans cinerea L.

butternut

Laportea canadensis (L.) Weddell

wood nettle

Leersia oryzoides  (L.) Sw.

rice cutgrass

Lilium canadense L. ssp canadense

canada lily

Lonicera tatarica L.

tartarian honeysuckle

Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex W. Bart.

cut-leaf water horehound

Lycopus uniflorus Michx.

northern water horehound

Lysimachia ciliata L.

fringed loosestrife

Lysimachia nummularia L.

moneywort

Lysimachia terrestris (L.) B.S.P.

swamp candles

Lythrum salicaria L.

purple loosestrife

Matteuccia struthiopteris (L.) Todaro

ostrich fern

Nuphar lutea (L.) Sm. ssp variegata (Dur.) E.O. Beal

variegated water lily

Onoclea sensibilis L.

sensitive fern

Osmunda regalis var spectabilis (Willd.) Gray

royal fern

Oxalis stricta L.

common yellow sorrel

Parthenocissus vitaceae (Knerr) A.S. Hitchc.

grape woodbine

Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.

common reed

Polygonum sagittatum L.

arrow-leaved tearthumb

Rhamnus catharctica L.

common buckthorn

Rubus hispidus L.

bristly dewberry

Salix nigra Marsh.

black willow

Salix eriocephala Michx.

missouri river willow

Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (K.C. Gmel.) Palla

softstem bulrush

Scirpus atrovirens Willd.

dark green bulrush

Scirpus cyperinuus (L.) Kunth

wool-rush

Sium suave Walt.

water parsnip

Solanum dulcamara L.

bitter nightshade

Sparganium androcladum (Engelm.) Morong

branched bur-reed

Spiraea alba  DuRoi var latifolia (Ait.) Dippel

white meadowsweet

Thalictrum pubescens Pursh

king of the meadow, tall meadow rue

Tilia americana L.   

basswood

Toxicodendron rydbergii (Small ex Rydb.) Greene   

western poison ivy

Triadenum virginicum (L.) Raf.

marsh st. john'swort

Typha latifolia L.

wide leaved cattail

Ulmus americana L.

american elm

Ulmus rubra Muhl.

slippery elm

Utricularia macrorhiza  LeConte

greater bladderwort

Veratrum viride ssp viride Ait.

false hellebore

Viburnum lentago L.

nanneyberry

Viburnum nudum L. var cassinoides (L.) Torr. & Gray

northern wild raisin

Vitis riparia Michx.

riverbank grape

 

GPS coordinates of sampling points:

Sampling point

KT1A

e

4899120

n

622704

KT1B

e

4899120

n

622614

KT1C

e

4899120

n

622576

KT1D

e

4899120

n

622704

KT2A

e

4899340

n

622628

KT2B

e

4899340

n

622707

KT2C

e

4899340

n

622741

KT2D

e

4899340

n

622774

KT3A

e

4899230

n

622523

KT3B

e

4899230

n

622581

KT3C

e

4899230

n

622633

KT3D

e

4899230

n

622635

KT3E

e

4899230

n

622728

 

If you have comments/questions, please contact Dr. Meiyin Wu, Dr. Dennis Kalma or Boquet River Association

This page was last updated on January 09, 2007 .